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Wolfspeed Announces $750M in Proposed Funding From U.S. CHIPS Act and Additional $750M From Investment Group Led By Apollo, Galvanizing Global Leadership in Delivering Next-Generation Silicon Carbide Technology

Benzinga ·  Oct 15 05:07

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce and Wolfspeed (NYSE:WOLF) announced they have signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) for up to $750 million in proposed direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act. In addition, a consortium of investment funds led by Apollo, The Baupost Group, Fidelity Management & Research Company and Capital Group have agreed to provide Wolfspeed an additional $750 million of new financing. Together these investments support Wolfspeed's long-term growth plans and bolster domestic production of silicon carbide to power clean energy systems underpinning electric vehicles (EVs), artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, battery storage and more. In addition, Wolfspeed expects to receive $1 billion of cash tax refunds from the advanced manufacturing tax credit under the CHIPS and Science Act (section 48D), giving the company, in total, access to up to $2.5 billion of expected capital to support the expansion of silicon carbide manufacturing in the United States.

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